Reading Notes: The Divine Archer, Part B

This section starts with with the fight between Rama, Sugriva, and Vali.  Rama, the Divine Archer, was the one that ended up killing Vali with an arrow.  I really liked the description in this scene because it painted a nice mental image.  Now that Rama has helped Sugriva, the search for Sita has begun!  Hanuman is able to find Sita and sort of spy on her in a way.  At a point, he is able to confront her, give her Rama's ring, and tell her that Rama is coming.  Unfortunately, Hanuman is caught and sentenced to death.  But, of course he does not go down without a fight and ends up torching the entire city of Lanka.  This makes everyone scared of Rama, even Ravana's giant brother.  This was funny to me because I remember reading before how he was in an eternal sleep, only waking up every so often to eat as much as he could.  Now he is begging for peace!  Rama eventually kills the beast and wins the entire battle.  Rama and Sita confront each other and Rama makes Sita prove her fidelity again! Just like in the other story! I still don't like this part.  He also still exiled her because of all the gossip other people were talking.  I wish he would just trust in his awesome wife!  Much later, the two meet again and Sita declares her fidelity once more.  But this time, instead of the two coming together again, Sita is taken by the Earth.  I guess she proved her point!

Sita proves her fidelity once more (Blogspot)

Bibliography:
The Divine Archer by F.J. Gould. Link to the reading online.